136 pages ; 20 cm

"Buchner's special quality, and that which makes him seem more contemporary than almost anything written today, is his total, uncompromising honesty of emotion and intellect." "The German writer Georg Buchner, who died in 1837 aged 23, left only three works for the theatre. Danton's Death, his great fresco of the French Revolution, was written in five weeks when Buchner was under threat of arrest for his own revolutionary activities. His sad comedy, Leonce and Lena, was composed in haste for a publisher's competition for which it was entered too late. The extraordinary proletarian tragedy Woyzeck was left unfinished at Buchner's death. Virtually unknown until the end of the nineteenth century, the plays have found an important place in the modern international repertory."--Jacket

Introduction -- A chronology of Georg Büchner -- Danton's Death -- Leonce and Lena -- Woyzeck -- Appendix : The historical Woyzeck and Büchner's design for the play

Introduction -- A chronology of Georg Buchner -- Danton's Death -- Leonce and Lena -- Woyzeck -- Appendix : The historical Woyzeck and Buchner's design for the play

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